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'If Peter Gøtzsche did not exist, there would be a need to invent him ... It may still take time for the limitations and harms of screening to be properly acknowledged and for women to be enabled to make adequately informed decisions. When this happens, it will be almost entirely due to the intellectual rigour and determination of Peter Gøtzsche.' --From the Foreword by Iona Heath, President, RCGP
If you care about breast cancer, and we all should, you must read this book. Breast cancer is complex and we cannot afford to rely on the popular media, or on information from marketing campaigns from those who are invested in screening. We need to question and to understand. The story that Peter tells matters very much.' --From the Foreword by Fran Visco, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
If you care about breast cancer, and we all should, you must read this book. Breast cancer is complex and we cannot afford to rely on the popular media, or on information from marketing campaigns from those who are invested in screening. We need to question and to understand. The story that Peter tells matters very much.' --From the Foreword by Fran Visco, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
If you care about breast cancer, and we all should, you must read this book. Breast cancer is complex and we cannot afford to rely on the popular media, or on information from marketing campaigns from those who are invested in screening. We need to question and to understand. The story that Peter tells matters very much.' --From the Foreword by Fran Visco, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
If you care about breast cancer, and we all should, you must read this book. Breast cancer is complex and we cannot afford to rely on the popular media, or on information from marketing campaigns from those who are invested in screening. We need to question and to understand. The story that Peter tells matters very much.' --From the Foreword by Fran Visco, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
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The most effective way to decrease women's risk of becoming a breast cancer patient is to avoid attending screening. Mammography screening is one of the greatest controversies in healthcare, and the extent to which some scientists have sacrificed sound scientific principles in order to arrive at politically acceptable results in their research is extraordinary. In contrast, neutral observers increasingly find that the benefit has been much oversold and that the harms are much greater than previously believed. This groundbreaking book takes an evidence-based, critical look at the scientific disputes and the information provided to women by governments and cancer charities. It also explains why mammography screening is unlikely to be effective today. All health professionals and members of the public will find these revelations disturbingly illuminating. It will radically transform the way healthcare policy makers view mammography screening in the future.
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I strongly recommend this book to everyone, not only those considering breast screening. It's very concerning that so many influences shape medical policy and that can mean misleading and harming people. There is an expectation that women in particular should just submit to screening, this book shows why women should demand the facts and make up their own minds...sadly, in most cases, we can't rely on our doctors for an unbiased overview of the risks and benefits of screening....there are too many things at play that do not have our interests at heart...politics, profits, misguided pressure and gender groups, defensive medicine. Thank heavens for people like Peter Gotzsche...the bottom line...be extremely cautious with cancer screening, make sure you find unbiased and balanced information and don't allow anyone to pressure or coerce you into testing...screening can harm us and we can say NO! It's a concern we spend millions on something that might represent harm for no or little benefit.
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Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy [Paperback]
Peter C., M.D. Gotzsche
This is a great book. If you are interested in breast cancer you must read it. If you have concerns about ethics in medical research and the influence of self-interest, power, or money on research and publication, this is the book for you. If you are a woman undergoing routine screening, you will want to read this. If you are a physician who deals with cancer or women you must read this book.
This is the personal story of an heroic Danish researcher who was asked by the Danish Board of Health to "take a look at" breast cancer mammographic screening because of a pending vote. The book details a 10 year odyssey and battle to expose the truth and lies and harms of routine mammographic screening. Peter Gotzsche discovered that no one knew, or at least no one was discussing, the harms of screening, and further, that the benefits were severely overrated.
The basic premise of screening, "find cancer early, treat it when it is small, results will be better," is questioned. Does screening decrease the number of mastectomies? No, and you will discover why. What has happened to the incidence of breast cancer since screening has started? Why is there such an increase in the number of women being treated for non-malignant breast disease (called cancer in situ)? Has screening decreased the amount of advanced breast cancer? Clue: no. Why does a decrease in 5 year breast cancer mortality mean nothing?
If you start to get bogged down in the book, jump to the last few chapters. To see current recommendations from Dr. Gotsche see this:[...]
Finally, Dr. Gotsche will explain how to decrease the incidence of breast cancer by one-third.
Peter C., M.D. Gotzsche
This is a great book. If you are interested in breast cancer you must read it. If you have concerns about ethics in medical research and the influence of self-interest, power, or money on research and publication, this is the book for you. If you are a woman undergoing routine screening, you will want to read this. If you are a physician who deals with cancer or women you must read this book.
This is the personal story of an heroic Danish researcher who was asked by the Danish Board of Health to "take a look at" breast cancer mammographic screening because of a pending vote. The book details a 10 year odyssey and battle to expose the truth and lies and harms of routine mammographic screening. Peter Gotzsche discovered that no one knew, or at least no one was discussing, the harms of screening, and further, that the benefits were severely overrated.
The basic premise of screening, "find cancer early, treat it when it is small, results will be better," is questioned. Does screening decrease the number of mastectomies? No, and you will discover why. What has happened to the incidence of breast cancer since screening has started? Why is there such an increase in the number of women being treated for non-malignant breast disease (called cancer in situ)? Has screening decreased the amount of advanced breast cancer? Clue: no. Why does a decrease in 5 year breast cancer mortality mean nothing?
If you start to get bogged down in the book, jump to the last few chapters. To see current recommendations from Dr. Gotsche see this:[...]
Finally, Dr. Gotsche will explain how to decrease the incidence of breast cancer by one-third.
Important examination of a harmful fad
16 May 2012
Screening mammography has been a largely unexamined patient harvesting project based on marketing, emotion and testimonial rather than science and critical thinking. Overdiagnosed by Welch touches on most of the research documented here but is not nearly as detailed. Over the next few years as awareness of our collective error spreads, we will see the age of genuine patient centered medicine. This book is one of the cornerstones of that movement.
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